MUMBAI: Turner Classic Movies (TCM), which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, has launched a first-of-its-kind social network that links fans online. The site, called the TCM Classic Film Union, can be found...

MUMBAI: Actor Hugh Jackman has been given back deleted X-Men Origins: Wolverine outtakes that show the actor naked. The unused video showed the Hollywood heartthrob in several states of undress while he carried out...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with acclaimed singer/songwriter, Jason Castro. The Texas-based tunesmith – best known as the third runner-up on the 2008 season of Fox’s...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Group (UMG) and Tapulous have entered into an agreement to build new music games for the iPhone and iPod touch. The first game, a special edition of Tap Tap Revenge with...

MUMBAI: Britney Spears in association with AEG Live is bringing The Circus Starring Britney Spears back to North America. Currently touring Europe, Britney will return to Canada and the US starting 20 August, to...

MUMBAI: Legendary rock band Alice In Chains has signed an exclusive worldwide deal with EMI’s Virgin Records and are gearing up for the release of their first new studio album in more than 10...

Through a new agreement, Double Fusion will now offer a portfolio of dynamic advertising opportunities across new THQ AAA titles for the PLAYSTATION3...

MUMBAI: MOD Systems, Inc has finalized new agreements with major music labels Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Music, along with several aggregators of independent label content, that extend...

MUMBAI: The 13th Annual Webby Awards and the Webby People’s Voice Awards named Disney Family.com Best Family/Parenting site of the year. Over 500,000 votes were cast by people around the world for their favorite...

MUMBAI: CMG Holdings’ wholly owned subsidiary, XA, The Experiential Agency, Inc. has completed the formation of a joint venture to create an internet broadcast music channel with Nylina, LLC, and AudioEye, Inc. The joint...

The Simpsons, the longest-running primetime TV series in history, will celebrate its 20th anniversary at MIPCOM 2009....

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ new comedy The Hangover took the top spot at the U.S. box office in its opening weekend, surprising industry analysts. On the heels of critical and audience...

MUMBAI: E1 Music has signed Brian McKnight to its diverse roster of artists. Under this universal deal, McKnight will release two albums. E1 Music will also release a single from McKnight, the R&B group...

MUMBAI: Rentrak Corporation has signed a linear (schedule based) television measurement agreement with WealthTV, the premier lifestyle and entertainment network, which establishes independent measurement of the network’s program performance. Rentrak is the only research...

MUMBAI: Glu Mobile Inc. has launched the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen game for mobile handsets worldwide. The game features explosive action based on the upcoming film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, from DreamWorks...

MUMBAI: Thanda Belker has been promoted to executive vice president, pay television, for Sony Pictures Television (SPT). In this position, Belker oversees domestic hotel and residential Pay Per View and Video On Demand licensing...

MUMBAI: GenArts Inc., has inked an agreement that broadens its long-standing relationship with Lucasfilm. This relationship aims to advance the state of the art of technology for visual effects and compositing across a wide...

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) senior vice president of worldwide publicity Fritz Friedman announced personnel changes in the worldwide publicity department. Staci Griesbach has been promoted to executive director, worldwide publicity, reporting to...

MUMBAI: Peter Jackson, the visionary filmmaker behind The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, and other films, will attend Comic-Con International: San Diego for the first time to support TriStar Pictures’ District 9, which...

MUMBAI: The cult-classic sci-fi movie Ghostbusters is coming to PlayStationHome, thanks to Loot, a group of innovative developers dedicated to creating branded interactive entertainment products and experiences for Sony Computer Entertainment America’s PlayStation Home,...

MUMBAI: Bride Wars actress Kate Hudson has been urged by her famous mother Goldie Hawn to put the brakes on her romance with Alex Rodriguez. Goldie Hawn is urging her daughter to put the brakes...

MUMBAI: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA) K9 unit’s Paddy led enforcement officers in another successful operation, this time taking down two clandestine factories producing pirated movie and game DVDs in...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games are teaming up with the LEGO Group for the creation of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 offers an engaging mix of...

MUMBAI: Disney Interactive Studios will be developing The Princess and the Frog video game, which is inspired by the upcoming Walt Disney Pictures animated comedy adventure film, The Princess and the Frog. Scheduled for...

MUMBAI: Sony Music Entertainment (SME) has joined Universal Music Group (UMG) to create VEVO, the new premium music video and entertainment service conceived by UMG and powered by YouTube. The announcement was made by...

MUMBAI: Consumers will soon have more ways to conveniently access premium digital video content, including new releases from major Hollywood studios often on the same day the DVD is available in stores. On the...

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. Pictures will release Invictus, Clint Eastwood’s new South Africa-set drama, on 11 December, 2009. Directed by four-time Oscar winner Clint Eastwood, the film stars Oscar winners Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon....

MUMBAI: Kinoton will soon be present with D-Cinema systems in more than 25 countries. Kinoton’s success in the Digital Cinema market is accompanied with a rising demand of professional service and support concerning the...

MUMBAI: Universal Republic president and CEO Monte Lipman and Big Machine Records president and CEO Scott Borchetta launched a new label partnership called Republic Nashville, which will be based in Nashville. The imprint will...

MUMBAI: The Sweden-based developer/publisher, Stillfront AB has signed a licensing agreement with the Halcyon Company to create a web-based Fan Immersion Game for Terminator Salvation. The game was recently released and will be released...

MUMBAI: Britney Spears kicked off the British leg of her Circus tour at The 02 arena. She started the show by descending from the ceiling on a circular trapeze, wearing a revealing corset and...

MUMBAI: Delivery Agent, Inc has signed a deal with Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising. Under the terms of the deal, Delivery Agent will work with Fox’s top-rated programming to create highly interactive commerce...

MUMBAI: Oklahoma governor Brad Henry has signed into law a measure that increases the Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate up to 37 percent cash back on Oklahoma expenditures, officials with the Oklahoma Film & Music...

MUMBAI: VUDU service will start offering titles from Buena Vista Home Entertainment for download-to-own in high definition. Beginning today, VUDU users can select from a collection of over 60 titles featuring films like Doubt...

MUMBAI: Sonic Youth world-premiered their not-yet-released album, The Eternal, exclusively on iLike, the social music discovery service. The exclusive, one-week iLike listening event will culminate with the June 9 retail release of The Eternal...

MUMBAI: Sire Records will release the original soundtrack to the Fox Searchlight Pictures’ feature film (500) Days of Summer on 14 July. The film will release in select theaters on 17 July, 2009. (500)...

MUMBAI: Los Angeles based Fantastic Films International (FFI) won an arbitration award currently totalling over $2.26 million against German filmmaker Uwe Boll personally and against several of his companies. FFI was the exclusive worldwide...

MUMBAI: Empire cinema has chosen Barco’s digital cinema projectors for their Premier screen in The Empire, Leicester Square. The Empire is the first venue in Europe with the new Dolby 3D large screen solution...

MUMBAI: Humana Inc, a health-benefits company, has collaborated with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The tie-up will impact children’s health in a fun and innovative way. Operation Planet Savers is a game developed and...

MUMBAI: Universal Pictures and Hasbro Inc’s first film Stretch Armstrong is slated for release on 15 April, 2011. Academy Award winning producer Brian Grazer will team with Hasbro to bring the iconic action figure...

MUMBAI: Lionsgate will re-team with filmmaker Paul Haggis for his latest feature, the thriller The Next Three Days, which is an adaptation of the French film Pour Elle. Lionsgate has acquired remake rights from...

MUMBAI: Universal Music Publishing Group has promoted Brian Lambert to senior vice president of music for film and television. Lambert was previously vice president of music for film and television. Based at the company’s world-wide...

MUMBAI: The teen star of Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, has signed up for a fourth season of Hannah Montana. The 16-year-old singer-actress will film the fresh episodes in early 2010. In between she will...

MUMBAI: Pure Play Music, which allows an artist to self market their own music through Pure Play’s unique and expansive global distribution network, has introduced something that will change the way unsigned, emerging artists...

MUMBAI: EMI Music has appointed a couple of senior corporate staff. Chris Kennedy has been appointed chief investment officer and president, corporate development. Kennedy will also continue to serve as a member of the...

MUMBAI: With the upcoming launches of National Geographic Channel HD and Nat Geo Wild, Fox International Channels continues expanding its channel portfolio in the German and Austrian TV markets. Starting in July, Nat Geo...